It feels like any other day, but it is the official Birthday of the United States of America; 242 years old. There are many issues which tend to divide us, as well as those which bring us together. We still have political, economic, financial, racial, religious and a host of other topics which generate different opinions among our citizenry and wanna-be citizenry and there are many issues on which we agree more than disagree. But that is the beauty of our country, the right we have to express our opinion, discuss issues on which we disagree and hopefully resolve our issues in a way that people benefit from the decision.
We do have factions which want to stifle other factions and when that happens we can get into trouble. Some issues are "deal breakers" while others may be classified as "pet peeves" and we do have to pick our battles or we can get into a "my way or the highway" mentality which leads to angry voices and radical activities where people can get hurt or killed. But when we look at other countries, we see situations far worse than ours. We see extreme national poverty, dictatorships and police-states far worse than what people think we have in America. As bad as it may seem here, I don't see Americans lining up at the borders of other countries to seek asylum, political amnesty, or escape the "American way". We may move out of the big cities to a more rural or country or small town environment, but we are not evacuees, boat people or running away from what is by far the best country in the world.
How we handle all those who want to come here to study, to work or to live, is not an easy matter to resolve, but resolve it we must or we invite all manner of problems, burdens on our resources and financial strains on a system which is already stretched to the limit. With it all.......Happy Birthday, America and may God who is the ultimate provider, sustainer and protector continue to Bless America. Thank You, Lord for the Freedom we have in America and In You.
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